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Provence-Camargue by bike & boat DE LUXE
By bike and luxury boat you will discover the beautiful landscape that already fascinated Van Gogh. Visit famous cities like Avignon and Arles. Sip fine wines and enjoy our gourmet Provencal cuisine cooked by our French Chef, learn about History and traditions of this land, discover our local cow-boys on their superb white horses and enjoy being pampered by the crew. Like Queens, Kings and Nobles of the Middle Ages travel with us in luxury and style along the petit Rhône in southern France through space and time.
Hot hint: limited capacity, early booking recommended!!
YOUR LUXURY SHIP PHÉNICIEN
The Phénicien is a spacious, luminous and very comfortable barge.
All common areas are on the main deck. You will enjoy our teak sundeck with its director chairs and its leather benches surrounding the pilot bridge. Through the large panoramic windows the sun of Provence will gently warm you up as you have a little nap or sip a drink in the vast lounge. Moving further in a modern Provencal decor with fine local art lining the walls, you will reach the bar and the dinning room.
The lower deck shows 9 cabins - fully refurbished in 2009 - separated in 3 cells of 3 cabins each that you can reach by independent staircases. 6 of them are queen-bedded cabins and 3 others twin-bedded cabins. All cabins feature the same comfortable equipments, bathroom, air-conditioning with individual control, superior bedding, etc. In short, you may let LE PHENICIEN be your floating home sweet home for a week!
Travel details
Tour profile:
Level 1-2, mostly flat, some hills,along cycle paths and quiet countryroads.
Day 1: Aigues Mortes
Individual arrival and boarding from 5 p.m. in Aigues Mortes.
Day 2: Aigues Mortes - Gallician (approx. 30 km/19 miles)
Your first bike trip will show you the salt fields bordered by canals, lakes and marshes where bulls, horses and pink flamingoes give an uncommon touch to the scenery. You will pull to the village of Le Grau du Roi and the beaches nearby here you will have your first picnic in a marine atmosphere. Back to the barge you start a peaceful short navigation to the village of Gallician where you will stop and stay overnight.
Day 3: Gallician - Arles (approx. 35 km/22 miles )
The highlight of your bike tour this morning will be the Chateau d’Espeyran an unknown jewel of the French patrimony. During the guided visit you will discover a full set of original furniture on a site occupied since the VI century before J.C. On the way you will certainly enjoy the wildlife and particularly the great variety of birds found everywhere in this area. The Camargue never fails to surprise! Back on board after a nice picnic lunch you cruise along the canal, the petit Rhône and the Rhône river to reach the Roman city of Arles, the open-air museum of Provence where Van Gogh painted 300 canvasses during his stay here in 1888.
Day 4: Arles - Vallabreguès (approx. 50 km/31 miles)
Enjoy the city of Arles this morning and its open Provencal market before you start a great ride towards one of the most beautiful villages of France, Les Baux de Provence where you will have a free visit and time for shopping. On the way you will make a stop at an olive oil mill in Mausanne and enjoy a lovely picnic. The ride back through the famous landscapes of Provence dotted with cypresses and olive trees will stay in your memories. The Phénicien set sail this afternoon to your next stop, the charming village of Vallabrègues.
Day 5: Vallabreguès - Villeneuvelès-Avignon (approx. 35 km/22 miles)
Right after breakfast the next stop is the Abbey of Saint Michel de Frigolet. Enjoy here a picnic lunch surrounded by the nice smells of our Provencal thyme, the best in Europe. Riding back to the barge the local charming villages along the way such as Boulbon or Barbentane offer a good spot for a little rest in the shade. And so on up the Rhône river towards the papal village of Villeneuve les Avignon, where you will stay for the night.
Day 6: Villeneuvelès-Avignon - Avignon (approx. 35 km/ 22 miles)
Your last bike ride this week will take you to the famous village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape once chosen by the Popes to grow the sacred vineyards. After a free visit of the village - and maybe a cautious wine tasting - you all get back on the saddles for a short ride to the barge awaiting on the Rhône river. You have lunch on board as the barge cruises gently down the river to Avignon where you will end up your journey. You still have plenty of time to discover the town where the Popes lived in the XIV century and take your last chance for shopping while the crew is getting everything ready for your farewell dinner!
Day 7: Avignon
Individual departure or extension.
Due to technical reasons or weather conditions changes of schedule are subject to changes.
Tour details/prices
arrival date:
Sunday: July 15 2012
Arrival | Parking | Depature
Airport:
Marseilles, Montpellier
Station:
Avignon, Aigues Mortes, Nîmes
Parking:
guarded parking, approx. 10€/day, no reservation
Included services:
+ 6 nights in cabin with private facilities
+ All inclusive: breakfast, lunch, dinner (4 picnic & one lunch on board)
+ alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages at the bar until 12 p.m.
+ all harbour fees
+ transfer: Nîmes (TGV station, 04:45 p.m.)- port of embarkation, Avignon- TGV station (approx. 09:00 a.m.)
+ 21 gear bikes with helmet
+ english speaking tour leader on bike
+ handle bar bag with maps and information material per cabin
minimum number of participants: 6 persons
Other information: generell discount 3rd person/child: not possible
prices per person in € | |
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2-bed cabin | 2.500 |
bicycle incl. panniers | bike rental |
21-gear | included |
additional night | avignon /Aigues Mortes |
double room | on request |
single room supplement | on request |
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